NAME: IDA LEE (WHITE) DOUGLAS MCJUNKINS, AGE 79, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANuary 1, 1927 TO AL WHITE AND PEARL WADKINS IN DALLAS, TEXAS PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY , NOVember 4, 2006 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISONAGE: 79 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION: IDA GRADUATED FROM DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED LANGSTON UNIVERSITY. later IN LIFE SHE CONTINUED HER EDUCATION AT SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED A BACHELORS IN SCIENCE DEGREE. MARRIED: ROBERT DOUGLAS. LABRON r. McJUNKINS. OCCUPATION: IDA WAS A HEAD START TEACHER AND, THE PAST FEW YEARS, WAS HEALTH COORDINATOR IN inca’s 5 COUNTY AREA, RETIRING IN 2001. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFELONG, FAITHFUL MEMBER, AND GOOD WORKER OF THE BETHEL AME CHURCH IN ATOKA AND WAS VERY ACTIVE UNTIL HER HEALTH FAILED. SHE LOVED CHILDREN AND WAS A DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER AND WAS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ANYONE IN NEED OR LESS FORTUNATE THAN HER. SHE ALWAYS HAD HER LOVING AND CARING SMILE. SURVIVED BY SONS: ROBERT DOUGLAS AND WIFE CHRIS OF ATOKA, OK. RONALD DOUGLAS AND WIFE KATHY OF HOUSTON, TX. DONALD DOUGLAS AND WIFE GAIL OF DENISON, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SEAN DOUGLAS AND WIFE CHRISTA OF DURANT, ok. SHANNA DOUGLAS OF DURANT, OK. DARLA DOUGLAS OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. CHIQUELLA YOUNGER AND HUSBAND JERRICK OF WILEY, TX. BRANDON DOUGLAS OF DENISON, TX. DONNIELLE DOUGLAS OF THE COLONY, TX. 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. VERY SPECIAL COUSIN, JUST LIKE A SISTER: BERNaDINE PERKINS OF ATOKA, ok. preceded in death by PARENTS: AL AND PEARL (WADKINS) WHITE.HUSBANDS: ROBERT DOUGLAS LEBRON “BUDDY” McJUNKINS on July 23, 2003
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2006 AT 10:00 AMPLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREENHILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES SMITH.ASSISTING: REV. C. E. EVANS, PASTOR GEORGE AUSTIN AND REV. M. E. GRIFFIN. CASKETBEARERS: CLIFFORD BROWN, DENNIS McNEIL, JIM ALLEN, VANOY SHIELDS, TODD FORD, JIM BROWN, JOHN ROWLAND. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ORLON HILL, ROOSEVELT BUTLER, GARY McCOOL, CHARLES COULTER, CLYDE YARBROUGH, EDGAR VINSON,PAULA ROWLAND, BOBBIE ROWLAND. FLOWERBEARERS: ERNESTINE COLBERT, DIANE McGEE, JUDY HARRISON, SONYA SHieLDS, JUDY WILLIAMS, FAI MACK, LULA MAE SUTTER, EVELYN VINSON, JULIE ANN FULSON. FAMILY NIGHT: 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. MONDAY.
NAME: WILLIE LEON ANGEL, AGE 84, A LONGTIME WAPANUCKA-CLARITA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 5, 1922 AT CLARITA, OK TO JAMES WESLEY AND GRACIE LEE (INGRAM) ANGEL. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 2006 AT HIS CLARITA RESIDENCE.AGE: 84 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 30 DAYS EDUCATION: LEON ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CLARITA, WAPANUCKA, AND MURRAY STATE COLLEGE. MARRIED: BILLIE JUNE PARKER ON FEBRUARY 2, 1941 AT CADDO, OK. OCCUPATION: LEON WAS A RANCHER AND WORKED WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AS A GAME WARDEN FOR 30 YEARS. IN HIS EARLIER DAYS, HE SERVED IN THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP (CCC CAMP). CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA METHODIST CHURCH AND LATER JOINED THE CLARITA METHODIST CHURCH. HE ENJOYED HUNTING, FISHING, AND TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS. HE LOVED AND RESPECTED ALL ANIMALS. LEON SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY FOR 3 YEARS IN NORTH AFRICA DURING WWII. HE WAS INJURED IN COMBAT AND RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BILLIE ANGEL OF THE HOME. DAUGHTERS: KATHY ANGEL OF TISHOMINGO, OK. ALICE MIGLIORINO AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF BROMIDE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: NICHOLAS JOSEPH MIGLIORINO OF TAHLEQUAH, OK. ELIZABETH ANGEL BURNEY AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF EDMOND, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LATHEN JOSEPH MIGLIORINO. LARI JIMISON. EMMA LYNN BURNEY. AND EXPECTING 2 MORE. BROTHER: J. R. ANGEL OF TOPEKA, KS. SISTERS: LOUISE FAULK OF WAPANUCKA, OK. ANNA ROMINES OF PIXLEY, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND GRACIE LEE ANGEL.BROTHERS: WILLIS, DENNY, AND HAROLD DEAN.SISTERS: LARUE GRIFFIN, TOMMIE ELY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BRENT SMITH. CASKETBEARERS: ABE HERSHBERGER, RUFUS BATES, BENNIE HARNER, NICHOLAS MIGLIORINO, CHARLES MIGLIORINO, TOMMY REEDER, JIMMY HENTHORN HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK SMITH, TRENTON ANGEL FAMILY NIGHT: NONE
NAME: AMIE OMEGA (VAILE) DARNELL AGE 82, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 22, 1923 AT ARDMORE, OK TO JAMES HENRY AND LOU RAINEY (BROOKS) VAILE. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 2006 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR.AGE: 82 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: AMIE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CRYSTAL. MARRIED: DWAYNE WILLIS DARNELL ON NOVEMBER 19, 1945. OCCUPATION: AMIE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND SEAMSTRESS, RETIRING IN 1982. SHE ENJOYED SEWING, QUILTING, FISHING, AND GARDENING. survived by HUSBAND: D. W. DARNELL OF THE HOME. DAUGHTERS: YVONNE RICE AND HUSBAND JACK OF ATOKA, ok. LOUISE CULBERSON AND HUSBAND BOB OF EDMOND, OK. VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS: NANCY SMITH, SANDRA RICE, KATE MENDENHALL, VANGIE GIBSON, JANICE HARDISON preceded in death by PARENTS: JAMES AND LOU VAILE.BROTHER: ALBERT VAILE.SISTERS: HATTIE COOPER, VELIA HOPKINS, ZENIA HARMON.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2006 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: CLOVIS ROLAND, HASKELL COOK, ALAN WHITEHEAD, DON DEATON, JAMES CAPPS, LARRY CAPPS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DALE NANNEY, HARVEY CAPPS, DANE BRECHEEN, BILL MALONE, JOHN SMITH, BOB BURKE, TINKER RAY. FAMILY NIGHT: SATURDAY EVENING 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
NAME: LINDA SUE (ALFORD) WHITE, AGE 56, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 1, 1950 AT MCALESTER, OK TO JAMES PAUL AND HELEN (SETH) ALFORD. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006 AT THE HUGO HOSPITAL.AGE: 56 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: LINDA ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: BILL WHITE IN 1981 AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: LINDA WORKED AS A GENERAL LABORER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH. LINDA LIKED INTERIOR DECORATING, ARTS & CRAFTS, AND COLLECTING DOLLS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: HELEN ADAMS AND HUSBAND JIM OF BENTLEY, OK. DELCINIA OF ANTLERS, OK. DUSTIN WHITE AND WIFE CRYSTAL OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. MOTHER: HELEN GAYLER OF BOSWELL, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MELISSA EAVES AND HUSBAND SPIKE OF BENTLEY, OK. JAMES ADAMS OF BENTLEY, OK. AUSTIN GRAHAM OF TUSHKA, OK. CHARLES GRAHAM OF ANTLERS, OK. TRINA, TESA, AND TEARRA WHITE ALL OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KODI HOKETT, KAYLA, AND MICHAEL EAVES OF BENTLEY, OK. SISTER: DALINE ROBERTS OF REXBURG, ID. BROTHER: JAMES ALFORD OF ATOKA, OK. STEPCHILDREN: KEVIN WHITE, SUE WHITE, KAREN CAVES, JERRY HUNTER, AND BO HUNTER. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: JAMES PAUL ALFORD.STEPFATHER: W. T. GAYLER.UNCLES: BUD AND THOMAS SETH.STEPDAUGHTER: RUTH HUNTER.GRANDPARENTS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2006 AT 10:00 AM GRAVESIDE SERVICES: TUSHKA CEMETERY PAVILION INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ tushka, ok. OFFICIATING: LARRY BeGLEY CASKETBEARERS: BUCK HUNNICUTT, kevin white, bille white, mikie ables, michael hunnicutt, ben ashford. FAMILY HOUR: 3:00 TO 6:00 PM SUNDAY
NAME: EVA ETHEL (TIGERT) WORKMAN WILLIS, AGE 82, A LIFELONG CANEY-VOCA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 23, 1924 AT CANEY, OK TO WILLIAM “BUD” AND LAURA LEONA (WHITE) TIGERT. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006 AT THE OAKRIDGE MANOR IN DURANT, OKAGE: 82 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ETHEL ATTENDED BUCKHOLT AND CANEY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: JAMES ROBERT WORKMAN ON JANUARY 2, 1945, he preceded her death. HAYDEN WILLIS IN 1972 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: ETHEL WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE LOVED BEING A HOME HEALTH AND CHILD CARE PROVIDER. SHE ENJOYED HER FLOWERS, GARDENING, QUILTING, AND FEEDING HUMMINGBIRDS. survived by CHILDREN: JAMES RAY WORKMAN AND WIFE REVA OF CANEY, ok. RETA MATTISON AND HUSBAND HARVEY OF CANEY, ok. MARIE GOSSETT AND HUSBAND LAYTON OF CANEY, ok. AL WORKMAN AND WIFE LINDA OF CANEY, ok. ANN RICHARDSON AND HUSBAND ROGER OF CANEY, ok. PATT DUNCAN AND HUSBAND LEVI OF MEAD, ok. MIKE WORKMAN AND WIFE CARLA OF CANEY, ok. MARY HOOPER AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF BENTLEY, ok. ZENI WORKMAN OF DURANT, ok. SUSAN BAUGHER OF DURANT, ok. BOBBY WILLIS AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF VERNAL, UT. WAYNE WILLIS OF VERNAL, UT. EDDIE WILLIS AND WIFE DONNA OF CANEY, ok. TERRY WILLIS AND WIFE DAWN OF CANEY, ok. OSCAR WILLIS OF ADA, ok. SISTERS: INEZ JACKSON OF CANEY, ok. MARY CROSSLAND OF CALERA, ok. 29 GRANDCHILDREN, 42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.NUMEROUS STEP GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. preceded in death by HUSBAND: JAMES R. WORKMAN IN JUNE 1968.PARENTS: BUD AND LAURA TIGERT.BROTHERS: ROY, WILLIAM AND JAMES TIGERT.SISTERS: ELOISE HILL, LILLIE ALFORD, LETHA DODD, AND MAMIE CHILDERS.GRANDCHILDREN: SARAH MARIE GOSSETT AND SONNY WILLIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH. PLACE OF INTERMENT: PERKINS CEMETERY ~ caney, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM.ASSISTING: REV. SAMMY VAUGHN. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JAMES WORKMAN, CLAY GOSSETT, MATT WORKMAN, RYAN RICHARDSON, BRADY RICHARDSON, STEVEN MATLOCK, CURTIS MATLOCK, AMOS WORKMAN, STEPHEN KEENY, LOGAN WALSTON, BEN WALSTON, JERRY TUCKER, NICK LOVE, will love. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES TIGERT, BOB ALFORD, PAUL RHINES, BILL WORKMAN, DON ALFORD. FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY EVENING 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
NAME: HAROLD Dean ROLAND AGE 69, A LIFE TIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 20, 1937 AT POST OAK, ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO EUGENE HAROLD AND EULA MARY (MORAN) ROLAND. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 69 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: HAROLD ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT POST OAK AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1956, HAROLD GOT HIS ASSOC. DEGREE AT CONNER’S STATE COLLEGE AND ATTENDED THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL ACADEMY. MARRIED: CAROLYN SEABOURN AT ATOKA, OK. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1962. OCCUPATION: MR. ROLAND WORKED FOR ARVEL HALL’S HOME OIL COMPANY SERVICE STATION AS A YOUNG MAN. HE LATER WORKED FOR MONROE ALLEN TRUCKING CO., WAS A DELIVERY MAN FOR THE IDEAL BREAD CO., AND LATER RETIRED FROM THE OK. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS A 2ND LT. IN THE HIGHWAY PATROL, SUPERVISOR IN TROOP E. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. he was A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED TROOPERS ASSOC. AND A MEMBER OF ATOKA CHAPTER #60 D.A.V.. HAROLD LOVED BEING WITH HIS GRANDKIDS, GOING FISHING & HUNTING, MOWING HIS YARD, GOING TO THE COFFEE SHOP, AND WATCHING FOOTBALL. HE WAS AN AVID O.U. FAN. HAROLD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY. survived by WIFE: CAROLYN roland OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK CHILDREN: CHERYL ROBERTS AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF DIBBLE, OK. VERNON ROLAND AND WIFE ALESHIA OF ATOKA, ok. GRANDCHILDREN: ASHLEY SANDERS, MOLLY SANDERS, HAILEY ROLAND, SOPHIE ROLAND, ABBY ROLAND, DAYSHA NELSON, KAELEY ROBERTS. GREAT GRANDCHILD: CARTER SANDERS. BROTHERS: CLOVIS ROLAND AND WIFE RITA OF ATOKA, ok. WAYNE ROLAND AND WIFE SANDRA OF TUSHKA, ok. SISTER: FERN SNIDER AND HUSBAND JOHN OF WICHITA, KS. BILLIE CROW OF ATOKA, ok. VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS: DARRELL COATS, DEWAYNE DARNELL, HUGH SEWELL, DONNIE ALLEN, DON HENLEY, JOHN GILBREATH, hARRY, AND JESSIE TUNNELL. preceded in death by PARENTS: EUGENE HAROLD AND EULA MARY ROLAND.
FUNERAL SERVICE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2006 AT 11:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. SAM GARNER.ASSISTING: REV. STEVE HAVENER. CASKETBEARERs: JIM LYONS, JEFF SEWELL, CURTIS GRADY, SHAWN PIERCE, DARRELL NORTHCOTT, MARK RIFFE, BILLY POE, TERRY MORRIS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DARRELL COATS, DONNIE ALLEN, JOHN GILBREATH, DOUG NICHOLS, JACK CHOATE, DELROE SMITH, DON HENLEY, HARRY TUNNEL, D.W. DARNELL, ED GEORGE, DOUG KOGER, RON THOMAS, DALE SILVERS, MIKE WILLIAMS. FAMILY NIGHT: MONDAY AT 6:00 P.M.
NAME: JAMES DELBERT BUTLER, AGE 88, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 6, 1918 AT ATOKA, OK TO JAMES MINOR AND DELLA MAE (PEELER) BUTLER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA , OK.AGE: 88 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND . 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: JAMES ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FARRIS AND TUSHKA.. MARRIED: L. MARIE ROBBINS ON JUNE 10, 1939 AT ATOKA, OK. KATHRINE NORA (EUBANKS) ZINN IN AUGUST, 1990 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JAMES WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND HE HAULED DAIRY PRODUCTS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JAMES ACCEPTED JESUS ON EASTER SUNDAY, 1977 AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN TULARE, CA. HE SERVED IN SEVERAL OFFICE POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF DEACON. JAMES PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY IN JAPAN AND HAWAII DURING WORLD WAR II. HE HAD A GIVING HEART AND ENJOYED HELPING OUT HIS NEIGHBORS IN MANY WAYS, INCLUDING MOWING LAWNS. JAMES LOVED HIS FAMILY AND ENJOYED BEING A DAD, STEP DAD, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE WAS BLESSED WITH JERRY ZINN WHO CARED FOR HIM THE PAST 3 YEARS, HE AND JERRY HAD A WONDERFUL FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIP WHICH WAS A COMFORT TO HIM AFTER NORA’S DEATH. HE HAD A TOUGH CHILDHOOD, LOSING BOTH HIS PARENTS AT A YOUNG AGE. HE AND HIS SIBLINGS WERE RAISED BY A WONDERFUL GRANDMOTHER AND JAMES LEFT GRADE SCHOOL TO WORK AND HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY. HE WAS A HARD WORKER WHO WAS SELF-TAUGHT AND DEFINITELY LEFT HIS MARK IN THIS WORLD. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: PHYLLIS CAMPBELL AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF CALDWELL, ID. SON: JIMMY BUTLER AND WIFE OF CALIFORNIA. STEPSONS: JERRY ZINN AND WIFE MISTY OF ATOKA, OK. BOBBY ZINN AND WIFE JOYCE OF PUEBLO, CO. JOHNNY ZINN AND WIFE LINDA OF ROSWELL, NM. ELMER ZINN AND WIFE KEVINEY OF JENNINGS, LA. STEPDAUGHTER: WILLIE LALLEY AND HUSBAND RON OF LARGO, FL. BROTHER: EDISON BUTLER AND WIFE OF CALIFORNIA. MILLARD BUTLER AND WIFE OF CALIFORNIA. SISTER: SYBIL PASCOE OF ATOKA, OK. 56 GRANDCHILDREN, 78 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 52 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND DELLA MAE BUTLER.WIVES: L. MARIE ON AUGUST 9, 1989. NORA BUTLER ON DECEMBER 19, 2004.BROTHERS: CLAUDE, louie, and clyde butler.
FUNERAL SERVICE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BOB GRAHAM. CASKETBEARER: BOB GRAHAM, JERRY ZINN, JAMES DIGHTON, ORVILLE DIGHTON, TOMMY CAMPBELL, WILLIAM ZINN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MILLARD BUTLER, CHARLES BUTLER, RICHARD CAMPBELL, JIMMY BUTLER, MARILYN BUTLER. family night: thursday 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
NAME: OREAN REBECCA (PIERCE) BOWEN, AGE 75, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA. BORN: FEBRUARY 10, 1931 AT ATOKA, OK TO HENRY SYLVESTER AND NANCY L. (ARTEBERRY) PIERCE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2006 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA , OK.AGE: 75 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT DUNBAR AND EARNED HER LPN AT GRAYSON COUNTY SCHOOL OF NURSING IN 1968. MARRIED: HOUSTON JAY BOWEN ON JUNE 24, 1947 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE STARTED IN NURSING AT HUBBARD’S NURSING CENTER AND LATER WORKED AT COLONIAL MANOR FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: OREAN WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER AT THE 4TH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. survived by CHILDREN: THELMA ARLENE GREEN OF ATOKA, OK. LARRY LEE BOWEN AND WIFE DEBRA OF HOUSTON, TX. GLENDA FAI MACK OF ATOKA, OK. DENITA GAIL BOWEN UWAIFO OF ATOKA, OK. KEVIN JAY BOWEN OF ATOKA, OK. 18 GRANDCHILDREN, 45 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 9 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN BROTHERS: FREDDIE LEWIS PIERCE AND WIFE EVELYN OF LEWISVILLE, TX. ROBERT PIERCE AND WIFE ANNE OF LIVERMORE, CA. SISTER: BETTYE ROSE JOHNSON OF ATOKA , OK. SISTERS-IN-LAW: ANN PIERCE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BOBBY JEAN CHRISTOPHER AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF DALLAS, TX. LORENE ALEXANDER OF SPENCER, OK. aNN THOMPSON AND HUSBAND BOB OF MADILL, OK. CHARLENE HOPSON AND HUSBAND JOHN OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. ALPHA MAE EWING OF LONG BEACH, CA. BROTHER-IN-LAW: BILL BOWEN AND WIFE CHRIS OF LAS VEGAS, NV. SPecial aunt: francille pierce of atoka, ok. SPECIAL COUSIN (LIKE A SISTER): RUTH SMITH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ALONG WITH A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. preceded in death by PARENTS: HENRY SR AND NANCY PIERCE.HUSBAND: H. JAY BOWEN ON NOVEMBER 11, 1994.SONS: LAWRENCE AND GARY BOWEN.SISTER: NEERE BUTLER.brother: henry pierce, jr.
FUNERAL SERVICE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: WILLARD HARRISON. CASKETBEARER: DAVID WILSON, JOHN DAVIS, CLIFFORD BROWN, ROBERT DOUGLAS, JOE HARRISON, TED SHIELDS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOBBY JOHNSON, JESSE HARRISON, ORLON HILL, CHARLIE COULTER, EDGAR VINSON, ROOSEVELT BUTLER. FLOWER BEARERS: LULA MAE SUTTER, DORIS MOTON, TRESEA HARRISON, EVELYN VINSON, LOREN BATTS, SHARONDA BOWEN, LATASHA BOWEN. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
NAME: CHRISTOPHER MICHeaL BENJAMIN, INFANT SON OF SEAN MICHAEL BENJAMIN AND JENNIFER DaRAE GRAY. BORN and died: WEDNESDAY NOVember 22, 2006 AT OU MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY. survived by PARENTS: SEAN MICHAEL BENJAMIN AND JENNIFER DaRAE GRAY of FARRIS, OK. SISTERS: TAYLOR AND STORMY BENJAMIN OF FARRIS, ok. GRANDPARENTS: CHRIS BENJAMIN of FARRIS, OK. MICKEY BENJAMIN of HUGO, OK. BILL AND BRENDA HIBDON of BROKEN BOW, OK. GREAT GRANDFATHER: TAYLOR BENJAMIN of POWDERLY, TX. GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER: LAVADA HAMMOND of LANE, ok. ALONG WITH A HOST OF COUSINS AUNTS AND UNCLES, AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY. preceded in death by GREAT GRANDPARENTS: UDELL JONES AND SAMMIE CRAVENS.GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER: ROBERT HAMMOND
FUNERAL SERVICE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, ok. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL.
NAME: MARY BERNEIZE (HARTSFIELD) DANIEL, AGE 87, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: FEBRUARY 20, 1919 AT CLARITA, OK TO JOHN WALTER AND ADDIE MAY (CHASTAIN) HARTSFIELD. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 87 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED CLARITA SCHOOLS AND EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY As well as SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, graduating IN 1970 WITH A BACHELORS OF EDUCATION DEGREE. MARRIED: SHE MARRIED LOYD KIT DANIEL ON FEBRUARY 25, 1939 AT ADA, OKLAHOMA. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH . OCCUPATION: MARY WAS A TEACHER FOR THE HARMONY SCHOOL FOR 20 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH. survived by CHILDREN: LYNN DANIEL AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF ATOKA, ok. JOE DANIEL AND WIFE PAULA OF ATOKA, ok. DIANN CLARK OF FAIRFAX, VA. DEBBIE MCCOMB AND HUSBAND SHANE OF ATOKA, ok. GRANDCHILDREN: LARRY DANIEL AND WIFE LISA OF HOLLIS, OK. LYNETTE SCHULTHEIS AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF FLOWER MOUND, TX. SHELBY SMITH AND HUSBAND KEITH OF ATOKA, ok. BARRY DANIEL AND WIFE TAMMY OF ATOKA, ok. DANIEL CLARK AND WIFE ASPA OF ST. LOUIS, MO. TODD CLARK OF RICHMOND, VA. AMANDA CLARK OF BLACKSBURG, VA. CONNOR MCCOMB OF ATOKA, ok. KAITLYNN MCCOMB OF ATOKA, ok. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LANE, LOGAN, JENNA, ANNIE, KEELY, BAILY, DRAKE, BRITTNEY, BROOKLYN, BLAKELYN, AND COLEMAN. SISTERS-IN-LAW: FAYE HARTSFIELD OF CLARITA, ok. DELORES “DOODLE” HARTSFIELD OF CLARITA, ok. VERY SPECIAL NIECE: MARY HARTSFIELD OF CLARITA, ok. PRECEDED IN death by PARENTS: JOHN AND ADDIE HARTSFIELDHUSBAND: LOYD K. DANIELBROTHERS: GEORGE, BILL, AND JAMES WALTER “SON” HARTSFIELDSISTERS: LENA MCMILLIAN AND AUDIE BRANNAN.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS AND GRANDSONS-IN-LAW) LANE DANIEL, TODD CLARK, LARRY DANIEL, BARRY DANIEL, KEITH SMITH, CHRIS SCHULTHEIS, DANIEL CLARK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SAMMY GREEN, SANDRA RICE, MARY MARSHALL, DARRELL COCHRAN, LORI ARMSTRONG, VON HOWARD. FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6:00-8:00 PM.
NAME: VONDA RUTH “JUDY” (staley) CHRISTIE, AGE 85, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 9, 1921 AT HAROLDS PRAIRIE, IL. TO WILLIAM SANFORD AND VADA PEARL (TUGGLE) STALEY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2006 AT KINGS DAUGHTERS AND SONS NURSING HOME IN DURANT, OK.AGE: 85 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS EDUCATION: JUDY ATTENDED SCHOOL at CARMI, IL. MARRIED: ROBERT MILTON CHRISTIE ON APRIL 9, 1939 at henderson, ky. OCCUPATION: JUDY WAS A HOMEMAKER AND LOVING MOTHER. she AND HUSBAND BOB OWNED AND OPERATED MECHANICAL SERVICES OF ATOKA, WHERE SHE WAS THE BOOKKEEPER FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH. JUDY ENJOYED QUILTING AND SEWING, READING, TRAVELING, AND COLLECTING DOLLS. survived by DAUGHTER: KAREN BURDEN OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JOHN BURDEN AND WIFE CANDY OF DECATUR, TX. CHAD BURDEN AND WIFE KRISTY OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. WADE BURDEN OF LUBBOCK, TX. SHANNON CHRISTIE OF RENO, NV. TORREY CHRISTIE AND WIFE ANGELA OF LAS VEGAS, NV. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RACEY BURDEN, RYLIE BURDEN, RIDGE BURDEN, OLIVIA CHRISTIE, HANNAH CHRISTIE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: ANN CHRISTIE OF RENO, NV. preceded in death by PARENTS: WILLIAM AND VADA STALEY.HUSBAND: ROBERT MILTON CHRISTIE ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2001.SON: ALAN MILTON CHRISTIE.BROTHERS: CHELSEA STALEY AND GORDON STALEY.SISTERS: MARY SEARS AND VERLA HANLEY.SON-IN-LAW: JOHNNIE BURDEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HAVENER. CASKETBEARERS: MIKE DANIEL, JOHN BURDEN, CHAD BURDEN, WADE BURDEN, DAVID DURBIN, wes moore. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STEVE SWINDALL, ROGER MCININCH. J. M. “BUD” HARVEY, charles mckee. FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
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